North End rallying against violence

A group of North Point Douglas Residents are hoping a Friday rally will help spur change and stop violence in their community.

The aim of the Stop Violence in North Point Douglas Rally is straightforward, its task however is by no means simple. Bianca Ramos, the safety coordinator at the North Point Douglas Women’s Centre and a rally organizer, said she’s hopeful the rally will spur people into making a difference.

“We wanted to come together as a community and rally together against violence with the intention that each of us will move on and do more specific programming or activities geared to the people that we’re working with,” Ramos said.

To that end, Ramos said the women’s centre will push further on issues surrounding domestic violence starting later in the month.

“Domestic violence, it doesn’t just affect one type of person. Everyone’s affected by domestic violence,” Ramos said. “It comes in all forms and it affects people differently, nobody’s pain is less than somebody else’s is. … Violence is taught, so let’s try and come together to teach something the opposite of violence, which is love.

The rally will kick of a month-long campaign that brings together a number of North Point Douglas voices and organizations all seeking the same thing.

“The community has identified this as an issue,” Ramos said, “so the community should be part of the solution.”

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